The blue cobblestones of Old San Juan are packed long before lunch. At El Yunque National Forest, the sound of waterfalls carries through the trees. Along the west coast in Rincón, surfers paddle out beneath orange evening skies. Puerto Rico has become one of the Caribbean’s most in-demand destinations, and getting there is about to […]
Above: Guyana By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana’s electricity system will soon be getting a boost from funding from the Inter-American Development Bank. The IDB has approved loans totaling $37.6 million, while securing investment financing from the European Union in the amount of $26.9 million to help improve the efficiency and reliability of Guyana’s power […]
Above: Haiti (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti is set to receive a $50 million grant from the Inter-American Development Bank to improve its road transport system. The grant’s objective is to “make road transport in Haiti more efficient in order to foster economic activity,” the IDB said in a release. The project […]
Above: the BVI By the Caribbean Journal staff The British Virgin Islands’ seismic monitoring system has gotten a new boost. The territory recently saw the installation of a tide gauge that is part of a regional tsunami warning system currently being developed in the Caribbean. The gauge was installed by a pair of “scientific instrumentation […]
Above: Tobago (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Tobago will be part of the CREWS international coral reef early warning system, according to Godwin Williams, secretary of agriculture, marine affairs, marketing and the environment in the Tobago House of Assembly. Tobago’s participation will mean the installation of specially-manufactured buoys at the Buccoo Reef in […]
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